The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-03-10
The Gat0it 8ttlIufrst.
RELIGIOUS AND EDucATIoNAL.

Richard Perkins, of Cranberry
Isles, Me-, teaches to-day in the same
school-ho,lse that he taught in twenty
two years ago.
There are sixteen thousand colored
teachers in this country. The schools
in the South are attended by one mil
lion colored pupils.
The preaching of the Gospel at the
bazars in India has led so many to the
truth that the enemies of Christianity
are now spreading their materialistic
and rationalistic views in this way.
The missionaries in Calcutta have
adopted the plan suggested by the
agent of the Methodist Publishing
House, of distributing illustrated Chris
tian leaflets weekly among the twenty
thousand students in the nome Christian
colleges and schools.
II can not tell it in this foolish
Japanese tongue . said one of the first
converts in Japan to the missionary,
sand dent believe could tell it if
had your tongue, nor if 1 had an angels
tongue; but one poor heart putting
his hand over his own heart-s'can feel
it all. ."-i9mfdlo Christian Advocate.
I'm some schools in New England
pupils are encouraged to take whatever
pennies they may have, from day to
day, to their teachers, who, at the end
of the month, deposit all individual
amounts of fifty cents and over in
savings bank for the young owners,
who are thus encouraged in notions
and habits of thrift.
The Catholic clergy of the Philar
delphia diocese have received orders
from Archbishop Ryan to instruct the
choirs of their respective churches that
no music not especially written for the
church shall be sung at any church
service. ALI operatic music and many
popular compositions which hare been
adapted to the words of the service win
be banished.
An Indian boy. in reading report
of a school he had once taught, came
with troubled face to his teacher and
asked her to read to him certain sem
tencein which he wasreported as having
ION an average of 1911 pupils in his
school. She thought the 'saverage''
was his stumbling block, and was going
on to explain that, when he interrupted
her, and, pointing to the q, !" said: II
never had that in my school. -Hamp-
ton (Va.J School Record.
When it came to the question Of
re-engaging certain pretty school
teacher in Northumberland County,
Can, some of the trustees objected,
saying that she had so many admirers
that they interfered with her duties.
So they drew up an agreement to the
effect that she should not keep COM
pany during the coming year with any
young men during school hours. Upon
her refusal to sign this it was decided
to leave it to vote of the meeting
whether she should stay or not. A
show of hands was taken and it result
ed in tie, when the Chairman, being
young man, gave the casting vote in
her favor.
The report of President Battle, of
the North Carolina State University,
to the board of trustees, shows that the
university is of great benefit to poor
young men. There are now at the in
stitution more than a hundred youths,
DR.. Battle says, with hands brown
with toll. some cooking for themselves
others hiring their own cooks, some
on county appointments free of tuition.
others going into debt for it, with
threadbare clothes, in the coldest
weather, without great-coats, towering
over scanty fires, but with the flames OF
noble resolutions burning in their
breasts"